最近“手头紧”
[ 2008-12-01 16:20 ]
金融危机席卷全球,越来越多的公司企业感到经济拮据,有些甚至已经开始通过裁员和精简部门设置来改善当前的经济状况。在这样的大环境下,作为小职员的我们自然也是银包缩水,With the spread of global financial crisis, people in our country also feel the pinch.
Feel the pinch这个短语一般都用来形容财政困难,手头拮据等状况,作此解释也是源于pinch这个词有“困境、困苦”等意思。If someone is short of money or feeling restricted in some other way, they are feeling the pinch.
再看一个例子:
Shopkeepers are beginning to feel the pinch because no one has a lot of money to spend these days.
店主们开始感到处境困难了,因为近来大家都没什么钱买东西。
(英语点津 Helen 编辑)
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